הֲלֹא־זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ אֵלֶ֤יךָ בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חֲדַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖נּוּ וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה אֶת־מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לָ֙נוּ֙ עֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
Debug: verse number 1902Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
/hă lō ze ha-d-dāvā́r ʾăšer dibbárnū ʾēléxā vᵉ miṣráyim lē ʾmōr ḥădal mimménnū wᵉ náʿavᵉdā ʾet miṣrā́yim kī ṭōv lā́nū ʿăvōd ʾet miṣráyim mi-m-mutḗnū ba -m-midbā́r /
Gloss translation
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ze
- this
- prod m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- dibbárnū
- speak
- v √pi perf I pl
- ʾēléxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ḥădal
- cease
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- mimménnū
- from
- prep + I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- náʿavᵉdā
- work, serve
- v √qal imperf I pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- miṣrā́yim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- ʿăvōd
- work, serve
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -m-mutḗnū
- die
- v √qal infcon abs + I pl
- ba
- in
- prep
- -m-midbā́r
- desert
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Subject
Demonstrative pronoun phrase - ze
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ha ddāvāˈr
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- dibbaˈrnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēleˈʸḵā
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - vᵊ miṣraˈyim
- Relative
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥᵃḏal
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mimmeˈnnû
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- naˈʕavᵊḏā
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ miṣrāˈyim
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Subject clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕᵃvōḏ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ miṣraˈyim
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate with subject suffix
Verbal phrase- mi mmuṯēˈnû
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - ba mmiḏbāˈr
- Predicate with subject suffix